Fridays with Nicole Sandler
We spoke about Trump's New York trial and Sam Alito's betrayal of the country.
Jim Risch Demands that Avril Haines Formally Tell Us He Is Lying
Jim Risch thinks Avril Haines should come forward and formally debunk false claims that those with privileged intelligence access make, which must include the false claims he made about 51 private individuals who expressed an expert opinion.
Three Things: Let the Tedious Bashing Commence!
We haven’t even touched the depths of tedious media bashing in this country let alone at this site.
David Weiss' Exhibit List Looks Like One Matt Gaetz or James Comer Would Assemble
In addition to a bunch of tax-related documents, David Weiss wants to use some of the right wing frothers' favorite Hunter Biden documents -- documents that have no obvious relation to the tax charges -- in his tax trial.
Hunter Biden Moves to Enjoin David Weiss Under an Appropriations Argument Trump Adopted
Before Trump made his frivolous challenge to Jack Smith's Special Counsel appointment on appropriations grounds, Hunter Biden challenged David Weiss' appointment with more merit. That could make the parallel track of these prosecutions -- with Hunter Biden's prosecutions rushing towards conclusion next month and Trump's stalled past the election -- more interesting.
David Weiss Continues to Misrepresent the Damage Keith Ablow Did to Hunter Biden's Addiction
David Weiss repeated in one of his motions in limine what might have just been stupid error when he made it earlier this year: He is portraying Hunter Biden's addiction after Keith Ablow made it worse as the state of Hunter's addiction in fall 2018, when he bought a gun.
The Cultivation of Don Jr: A Framework to Think of the Russian Attack
With the 2016 attack, Russia didn't need cooperation from Trump's people (though they got it from at least Manafort and Stone and idiot who proved useful Don Jr). They just needed to make any already improbable conciliation impossible, impossible politically and impossible for a Narcissist like Trump to do. That would practically guarantee that Trump would attack the country to defend himself, his son, his ego.
Another Maggie Haberman NYT Story Covers Up Oleg Deripaska's Role
NYT and other media outlets are burying the truly scandalous details of Trump's willingness (and second thoughts) about bringing Paul Manafort back onto a campaign role: his role (witting or not) in Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Happy (Forced) Mother's Day!
Wishing all mothers in fact or mothers of invention a restful Sunday — except for Sen. Katie Britt (R-Gilead). Also a note about a comments system change.
Barr Time 1: "Conjuring up criminal conspiracies about political opponents"
Bill Barr walked into the AG job determined to kill an investigation into Russian interference. Before he walked out, he set up a system that protected interference from Russian agents in Ukraine. His claims about what he did fall apart given what we've learned since he made them.
Fridays with Nicole Sander
Nicole Sandler and I discussed the hush money coverup trial, Aileen Cannon and right wing propaganda, and Steve Bannon's failed appeal.
Judge Maryellen Noreika Prepares for a Hunter Biden Trial ... without Bates Stamps
Judge Maryellen Noreika relied in a key decision on evidence made available from Rudy Giuliani, while claiming that it derived from Hunter Biden's memoir. That's one of many reasons to be alarmed that Judge Maryellen Noreika has decided that Hunter Biden prosecutors don't have to tell him whence they've derived laptop evidence before trial.
About Those Two Sealed Dockets Related to the Henry Cuellar Case...
DOJ rolled out several filings in the Henry Cuellar prosecution that reinforce my impression that this case may not go to trial.
Right Wing Propaganda Fail: Julie Kelly's Troubles with Ten and Two
A key piece of propaganda that may have given Aileen Cannon cover to indefinitely stall Trump's stolen documents trial is based on a failure to distinguish between the numbers ten and two.
How We Got to a Place Where Right Wingers Cheer Stealing Nuclear Documents
Trump's propaganda machine has drowned out facts and replaced it with grievance.
And until something starts cutting through that grievance, mere trials aren't going to fix this.
Aileen Cannon Bows to Donald Trump
Judge Cannon just admitted she has no intention of setting a trial date in Trump's stolen documents case.
Stan Woodward's Manufactured Scandal about Box A-15
Stan Woodward has revealed, that like the central box in the Joe Biden investigation, the FBI failed to preserve the order of the documents in some of the boxes found at Mar-a-Lago.
400 Rich People Pay $40K to Hear Trump Glorify Cop Assailants
If 400 rich people paid $40,000 to watch Trump glorify political violence and the NYT and WaPo omitted all mention to that violence, did it really happen?
The Cuellar Indictment: DOJ Moves to Make 219 FARA a Thing
Like Robert Menendez, DOJ is prosecuting Henry Cuellar under a part of the FARA statute that has not been used before.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
Nicole and I discuss the Trump trial and Henry Cuellar's indictment.